Prepare to be transported inside a special spacecraft to the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) to view the stars in the night sky, before lifting off into space to visit the ...

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Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy ...

Sergio Díaz Ruiz uses satellite imagery to explore climate change by creating an image of Earth as it might be analysed by a ...

What would happen if the Moon disappeared? Do we really need the Moon in the night sky? What is its actual purpose? If the Moon were to one day simply disappear, there would be some disastrous ...

Join us for The Sky Tonight, a live planetarium show presented by an astronomer from Royal Observatory Greenwich. Explore the night sky as it will be on the day of your visit and learn about some ...

Oliver Cromwell was best known for being Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England Scotland and Ireland after the defeat of King Charles I in the Civil War. He was one of the main signatories on ...

The autumnal equinox occurs in September each year, and in the northern hemisphere the date marks the end of summer and beginning of autumn. The Earth is tilted on its axis. This means that the Sun ...

Crew agreements for British-registered merchant ships, crew lists or muster-rolls and official ships' logs are of particular interest to genealogists and people tracing family history, and to anyone ...

What has the Hubble Space Telescope discovered? Since its 1990 launch, Hubble Space Telescope has been dazzling the world with images of space and a deeper understanding of how the universe works. The ...

The Geminid meteor shower is one of the last of the year’s major showers, and can generally be relied on to put on a good display. In 2024, the Geminid meteor shower will be active between 4-20 ...

Queen Elizabeth I inherited a nation suffering from religious flux, but went on to build a stable, peaceful nation. Queen Elizabeth I wanted to build a stable, peaceful nation with a strong government ...